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J. E. REYNOLDS.

CASH REGISTER.

Patented Nov. 26, 1889.

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JOHN E. REYNOLDS, OF

DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO PERRE PATENT OFFICE.

E. GUSLER, OF SAME PLACE.

CASH-R EGISTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 416,125, dated November26, 1889.

Application filed July 11, 1889.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN E. REYNOLDS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Cash-Registers; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full,

clear, and exact description of the invention,

which will enable others skilled in the art to to which it appertains tomake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form apart of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in cash-registers, the severalfeatures of which will befullyhereinafter described, and pointed out inthe claims.

The objects of my invention are to indicate on exposed dials byrevolving hands the amount of a single purchase and to have said amountremain exposed until a subsequent purchase, when, automatically, bystriking a bar, a bell is rung, and interior dials having fixed pointersindicate the sum of any number of purchases, so that the amount of' thelatest purchase and the sum-total of purchases are always in view. Iattain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, (two sheets,) in which Figure 1 is a transverse horizontalsection of the cash-register on line at 00, Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a frontview of the machine with portions cut away. Fig. 3 is a transversevertical sec tion of the same on line y y, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is atransverse section of the clutch-coupling on line if t, Fig. 3.

Like letters and numbers designate like parts throughout the severalviews.

A is a wooden case having an opening or window at the top and aforwardextension at the bottom,in which is held the drawer A. This drawer isused to deposit the money and is held locked by the spring-catch 18,which is attached to the side of the said drawer. The pulley 14 isattached to the back of the case, pulley 15 to the lower back corner,and

pulley 16 is attached to the bottom near the front of the case. The cord19 is attached to the inner end of the drawer and is passed over theseveral pulleys, and to its upper end Serial No. 317,206. (No model.)

is attached the weight 13. These parts are identical on both sides ofthe drawer and serve to carry the drawer partly out from the case whenthe catch is disengaged. The disengaging-rod 12 is held in supports 9and 20, central in the case and near the front. A knob is attached tothe top, and when it is struck by the hand it depresses the spring 18,thereby releasing the drawer. A pin is put in the disengaging-rodbeneath the top of the case, and this rests 011 the spiral spring 8 andarrests the upward movement of said rod by striking against the innersurface of said case. The lower end of said spiral spring 6 bearsagainst the guiding-lug of the support 9. To a rear projection of thissupport is attached the bell 10, and at the lower end is pivoted theclapper 11. This is operated by I a pin held in the disengaging-rod, andas this is depresssed the bell is rung. Lower down on thedisengaging-rod are two pins, which. give motion as the same isdepressed to the pawls at and 5. (See Fig. 2.)

In bearings in the case are supported the broken shafts L L,which areconnected by the coupling-clutch of partsE and O. The former isconnected to the rear portion of said shaft and the latter to theforward portion. The part 0 enters the part E, and within the formerpart is a recess in its face occupied by the clutch 21, which is backedby a spiral spring, and this clutch carries the rear portion of theshaft only to the left. The ratchetwheels 6 and 7 are rigidly attachedto the two shafts, and to the pins 5 and r of the bar M are fastened theinner ends of the coiled springs 3, the outer ends being fastened tosaid ratchet-wheels. The bar M is supported on the post N, attached tothe bottom of the 0 case. To the studs on the front wall of the case arepivoted the pawls 4 and 5, and these engage their respective wheels andprevent any movement of the shafts to the left while they are inengagement. These pawls may 5 depend for their movement on their gravityalone or may be backed by spiral springs.

On the front of the case are attached the dials B B, concentric to theshafts, and these are numbered from 1 to 100, having a uniform 10ospacing about their peripheries. On the shafts outside of the dials arethe hands O O,

g the dial J or computation-wheel.

and external to these are the knobs D D. The knobs are for the purposeof turning said hands and the parts rigidly attached to the rear ends ofthe broken shafts. The ratchet wheels have notches exactly correspondingto the divisions on the dials. The coiled springs 3 hold the hands 0 0'against their respective arresting-lugs 'u and v on the dials. To therear portions of the broken shafts the two dials B B are rigidlyattached. These are identical with the front dials as to the divisions,but have the order of the numbering reversed, as shown at Fig. O C arepointers attached to the top of the case and extend over the edges ofsaid dials. On the shaft, to the rear of dial B is attached thespur-wheel F, and this wheel engages the spur-wheel G, held on a hubattached to the rear central portion of the case. These wheels have eachone hundred teeth. H is a wheel attached to the rear of the dial B onthe shaft, and has only the one tooth 23,which engages the teeth on thecontiguous wheel G. Directly over the left shaft the bracket K, to whichis pivoted the dial J, on the periphcry of which are ten notches, theradial faces of which have numbers of from 100 to 1,000. This is rotatedfrom left to right by the pin 22 on the rear of dial B The fixed dial 'Bindicates amounts in cents, the fixed dial B dollars, and the rotatingdial J hundreds of dollars. The rotating dial or computation-wheel Bindicates the sum-total of cents, and B in dollars. The posit-i011 ofthese wheels is indicated .by the pointers C 0 The former also indicatesthe position of In the normal positions the hands are at zero and thepointers likewise, and the operation is thus: Turn the knob D until thehand points to 50 on the dial B. The pawl 5 will engage a correspondingnotch, and the hand will remain in a fixed position. Press down thedisengaging-rod l2, and the ratchet-wheel 0 being released, through therecoil of the coiled spring 3, and the agency of the coupliug-clutch thecomputation-wheel is carried to the left until the pointer C is directlyover 50 of said wheel. The downward movement of rod 12 rings the belland frees the money-drawer, so that it is carried out, that the moneymay be deposited. Move the hand again to 50 and release the pawl, asbefore, and the wheel ll will have made one revolution, carrying thecomputation-Wheel B one mark to the left of the pointer 0, indicating100, or one dollar, when the pointer C will be again over Zero. Then thecomp utation-wheel B has th u s been partially rotated successivelyuntil a revolution is complete, the 100-mark of wheel J will be underthe pointer 0, thus indicating one hundred dollars, or ten thousandcents. If it were desired to record ten dollars, the hand 0 is turned tothe right to 10. Then when the pawl 4 is released the amount would beindicated by the computation-wheel having its number 10 under thepointer C Thus the several sums are registered, and the total is seen bylooking through the window \V of the case and observing the numbersunder the two pointers over the face of the three computation-W11eels,and if care is taken the sum of money in the drawer would exactlycorrespond to that amount indicated on said wheels.

Having fully described my invention,what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

1. The combination of case A, having cashdrawer A, with dial l3, fixedlyattached to the frontof said case concentric to the shaft, shaft L, withhand C attached,ratchet-wheel 7, with pawl 5 to engage saidratchet-wheel, coiled spring 3, the ends of which are united to saidcase and said ratchet-wheel, the couplingclutch, which carries the rearportion of said shaft only to the left, the disengagingrod 12, thecomputation-wheel B and pointer C, whereby are registered all amountsless than one dollar, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of case A,having suit-able bearings for the shafts,the broken shafts L L, the latter having hand C attached, dial B on thefront of said case, ratchet-wheel 7, with pawl 5- to engage saidratchet-wheel, coiled spring 3, the ends of which are united to saidcase and said ratchet-wheel, the coupling-clutch, computation-wheel Bpointer C, the one-cogged wheel I'I, eog-wheels G and F, andcomputation-wheel 13 with pointer C whereby are registered all amountsfrom one cent to one hundred dollars, substantially as set forth.

3. In a cash-register, the combination of the case A, having thenumbered dial B attached to the front of said case, broken shaft L, towhich is attached the hand 0, ratchet-wheel 6, and pawl at, to engagethe same and to hold the hand to where it is placed on said dial, coiledspring 3, with ends attached to said case and to said ratchet-wheel,coupling-clutch, computation-wheel 13 with pin 22, computation-wheel J,with numbers on its face and with pointer C across its face, and thedisengaging-rod 12, whereby are registered hundreds of dollars,substantially as set forth.

4. The combination of the coiled spring attached at its respective endsto the case and the ratchet-wheel, said ratchet-wheel, with its pawlpivoted to the case to hold the hand at a given point on the dial, thecoupling-clutch, and the disengaging-rod to release said pawl, wherebythrough the resiliency of said spring and the grip of said clutch theamount is indicated by the hands G on their respective dials as hand 0is stopped at pin '0 or zero.

5. The combination of the case A, having dials l3 l3 rigidly attached toits front, the broken shafts L L, with hands 0 O to sweep over 7 thefaces of said dials, ratchet-wheels 6 and 7, with pawls 4: and 5 toengage their respective wheels and rigidly hold them until disengaged,the coiled springs 3, with their ITO ends united to said ratchet-wheelsand to said case, the coupling-clutches of parts 0, with catch 21 heldtherein, and part E, engaged by said catch when mot-ion is given to theleft by the resiliency of said springs, computation-Wheels B B withnumbers marked upon their faces, the Wheel H, with the c0g23, cog-WheelsG and F, pin 22 of said computation-wheel B the computation-Wheel Jmoved by said pin,tl1e pointers 0 C and the disen- 1o gaging-rod 12,substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signaturein presence of two Witnesses.

JOHN E. REYNOLDS.

VVitn esses:

B. PIOKERING, SUMNER T. SMITH.

